IDN ccTLD or .com

[Basicgravity]

Hello, I am trying to understand the idn's.

If I wanted to buy a Chinese IDN say having to do with money 钱. Should I do it with the com or Chinese cctld? 钱(dot)com or 钱(dot)中国 ?

Someone typing in Chinese character and then switching over to latin com letters would seem a bit awkward (even with the proper software to work with a keyboard).

Thank you

 

[domainbartender]

You've picked up on the main reason why people think the .com extension in Chinese will be popular. It makes more sense to type .com in Chinese letters. I don't know how popular it is currently though, can anyone fill us in?

 

[Basicgravity]

There are .com sites already set up with key Chinese characters.

There are four Chinese language TLDs including .cn and 网络, 中国 and 公司 (the last 3 comparable to the current net, gov, and com). Individuals can not as yet directly apply for these. I haven't completely read though this buy you can check the rules and regulations on the English version of the CNNIC website - www1.cnnic.cn/en/index/index.htm.

I haven't had time to delve into it. I was thinking of setting up a site for my own business in China but, seems to be a bit complicated.

 

[wot]

There are .com sites already set up with key Chinese characters.

There are four Chinese language TLDs including .cn and 网络, 中国 and 公司 (the last 3 comparable to the current net, gov, and com). Individuals can not as yet directly apply for these. I haven't completely read though this buy you can check the rules and regulations on the English version of the CNNIC website - www1.cnnic.cn/en/index/index.htm.

I haven't had time to delve into it. I was thinking of setting up a site for my own business in China but, seems to be a bit complicated.

There are 6 options in the cctld alone.

网.cn
網.cn
网.中国
网.中國
網.中国
網.中國

 

[Sunlight7]

Cctld are good if you are targeting local audience.

 

[aboutdn]

.com is more valuable than ccTLD
Because smartphone has .com button, it is my opinion